The Cable Gamer has been watching the London "hackgate" hearings all day. The testimony is a bit turgid, or at least it was until a "comedian" in the audience attempted to attack
Rupert Murdoch with a shaving-cream pie. To see Rupert's wife,
Wendi Deng, leap up to her husband's defense and conk the guy on the head was quite something--a reminder of the power of live TV, because you never know what is going to happen. Yet it would seem that Rupert is now something of a victim, while Wendi is a true stand-by-your-man wife.
But what's also interesting is the
Tweetfeed from CNN's
Piers Morgan. He himself has come under scrutiny for his own tenure as editor of another British newspaper, the Mirror. Morgan denies any wrongdoing, and nobody has put forth any proof to the contrary. But in the meantime, he is busily Tweeting on the story, including the observation, an hour or so ago, that the hearings have "gone horribly wrong for the anti-Murdoch brigade." In other words, the effort to use these hearings to destroy the News Corp. has failed. And that should be a warning to US politicians who might be looking to showboat the issue here in America.
In fact, Morgan has been defending Rupert and James Murdoch for some time--
including on Monday night's show. Let's make no mistake: The News Corporation has taken a tremendous hit. And the contrition starts at the top. As Rupert said, this has been the most humbling day of his life. And yet it's also clear that while the investigation could last for years, there's no evidence--and no reason to think--that this was a scandal of the company, as opposed to a few rogue employees within the company. Who no longer work at the company.
